Tesla Model Y Standard on sale now, but it’s not as cheap as we’d hoped

• Tesla Model Y Standard on sale in the UK
• Costs £41,990 or £299 per month
• Tweaks made to lower insurance costs
• More efficient than other Model Ys
• Up to 314 miles of range

This is the new Tesla Model Y Standard, and it’s a stripped-down, more affordable version of the electric SUV. It does without things like the front light bar, leather seats, power tailgate and interior ambient lighting to bring the price down.

However, it’s not as cheap in the UK as it is overseas. Here it’ll cost you £41,990, but in Europe it costs £34,700 and in the US it starts from less than £30,000.

New Tesla Model Y Standard UK price and specs

The Tesla Model Y Standard starts from £41,990, and you can lease one from Tesla for just £299 per month. That’s around £3,000 cheaper than the Rear-Wheel Drive model it replaces, and it’s £4,000 less than an Audi Q4 e-tron.

Tesla has also made some tweaks to make this car cheaper to insure, including reducing the top speed and slowing the acceleration.

You do get plenty of kit as standard though. All cars still have the massive central touchscreen, electric seats and adaptive cruise control.

New Tesla Model Y Standard: what’s changed?

The Model Y Standard keeps costs down by stripping back a few features. There are no light bars across the front or the rear, giving it a simpler look, and you get different wheels which are more aerodynamic than before – helping make it more efficient and therefore cheaper to run.

Inside you get cloth seats, something we’ve not seen on a Tesla before, and white ambient lighting instead of the multi-coloured illuminations you get on other versions. The centre console is also different.

Instead of it being raised, it drops down past the armrest to create a big open space where you can store things like bags. There’s no glass roof in the Standard to further reduce cost.

New Tesla Model Y Standard: batteries and range

Tesla has also made the Model Y Standard cheaper to run by making it more efficient. We’ve mentioned the different alloy wheels, but the bodywork is also slightly tweaked to make it as aerodynamic as possible.

The Model Y Standard has a claimed efficiency of 4.5 miles per kWh on its 19-inch wheels, and a claimed range of 314 miles. That’s around three miles more than the old Rear-Wheel Drive version, and it’s around 30 miles more than you get from basic versions of the Hyundai Ioniq 5.

We’ll be driving the new Tesla Model Y Standard soon, so stay tuned to find out what this cut-price EV is like to drive and live with.

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